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We report the first detection of optical emission from the shell-type Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G108.2$-$0.6. We obtained H$\alpha$ images and long-slit spectra using the 1.5-m RTT150 telescope to examine the morphological and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-21 Gunay Payli , Hicran Bakis , Ebru Aktekin , Hidetoshi Sano , Aytap Sezer

Some young supernova remnants exhibit thin filaments of X-ray synchrotron radiation coinciding with the forward shock due to accelerated electrons interacting with the local magnetic field. The two main models accounting for the radial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Adrien Picquenot , Brian J. Williams , Fabio Acero , Benson T. Guest

While Tycho's supernova remnant is one of the most studied type Ia Galactic supernova remnants, a global view of the physical properties of its ejecta is lacking, to understand its mysteries. In particular, the spatial distribution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-22 L. Godinaud , F. Acero , A. Decourchelle , J. Ballet

Young supernova remnants (SNRs) provide crucial insights into explosive nucleosynthesis products and their velocity distribution soon after the explosion. However, these velocities are influenced by the dynamics of the circumstellar medium…

We use two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to investigate the properties of dense ejecta clumps (bullets) in a core collapse supernova remnant, motivated by the observation of protrusions probably caused by clumps in the Vela…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chih-Yueh Wang , Roger A. Chevalier

We present the results of near-infrared spectroscopic observations of dense ($\simgt$ 10$^3$ cm$^{-3}$) iron ejecta in the young core-collapse supernova remnant G11.2-0.3. Five ejecta knots projected to be close to its center show a large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Dae-Sik Moon , Bon-Chul Koo , Ho-Gyu Lee , Keith Matthews , Jae-Joon Lee , Tae-Soo Pyo , Ji Yeon Seok , Masahiko Hayashi

Flux calibrated images of the known supernova remnant G 34.7-0.4 in basic optical emission lines are presented. The low ionization images show a relatively flat flux distribution. The diffuse and patchy morphology of the detected optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fotis Mavromatakis , Panayotis Boumis , Christos D. Goudis

We discuss the results from deep Chandra LETG observations of the supernova remnant 1987A (SNR 1987A). We find that a distribution of shocks, spanning the same range of velocities (from 300 to 1700 km/s) as deduced in the first part of our…

We present ground-based near-infrared imaging and {\em HST} optical imaging and spectroscopy of the interaction between the ejecta of SN 1987A and its equatorial circumstellar ring. This interaction has made a transition, from emission…

The recent survey of the core-collapse supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (CasA) with the MIRI instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed a large structure in the interior region, referred to as the "Green Monster".…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-21 Jacco Vink , Manan Agarwal , Patrick Slane , Ilse de Looze , Dan Milisavljevic , Dan Patnaude , Tea Temim

We report the discovery of optical emission from the non-radiative shocked ejecta of three young Type Ia supernova remnants (SNRs): SNR 0519-69.0, SNR 0509-67.5, and N103B. Deep integral field spectroscopic observations reveal broad and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Ivo R. Seitenzahl , Parviz Ghavamian , J. Martin Laming , Frédéric P. A. Vogt

We study supernova ejecta-companion interactions in a sample of realistic semidetached binary systems representative of Type Ia supernova progenitor binaries in a single-degenerate scenario. We model the interaction process with the help of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 P. Boehner , T. Plewa , N. Langer

Using the 3.5-m Herschel Space Observatory, imaging photometry of Cas A has been obtained in six bands between 70 um and 500 um with the PACS and SPIRE instruments, with angular resolutions ranging from 6 to 37". In the outer regions of the…

When the ejecta of supernovae interact with the progenitor star's circumstellar environment, a strong shock is driven back into the ejecta, causing the material to become bright optically and in X-rays. Most notably, as the shock traverses…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-18 Daniel Patnaude , Kathryn Weil , Robert Fesen , Dan Milisavljevic , Ralph Kraft

Young supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the origin of energetic cosmic rays (CRs) below the "knee" of their spectrum at $\sim3$ petaelectronvolt (PeV, $10^{15}$ eV). Nevertheless, the precise location, duration, and operation of…

We study the dust evolution in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. We follow the processing of dust grains that formed in the Type II-b supernova by modelling the sputtering of grains. The dust is located in dense ejecta clumps crossed by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Chiara Biscaro , Isabelle Cherchneff

The thermal structure of the post-shock region of a young supernova remnant (SNR) is heavily affected by two main physical effects, the back-reaction of accelerated cosmic rays (CRs) and the Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instabilities developing at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-02 S. Orlando , F. Bocchino , M. Miceli , O. Petruk , M. L. Pumo

Context. Fast-moving knots (FMK) in the Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A consist mainly of metals and allow to study element production in supernovae and shock physics in great detail. Aims. We work out theoretically and suggest to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Docenko , R. A. Sunyaev

We present initial results from JWST NIRSpec integral field unit observations of the nearby Supernova (SN) 1987A. The observations provide the first spatially-resolved spectroscopy of the ejecta and equatorial ring (ER) over the 1-5 \mu m…

Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud provides a spectacularly detailed view of the aftermath of a core-collapse explosion. The supernova ejecta initially coasted outward at more than 10% of the speed of light, but in 1990 were…